Object constancy

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Object constancy is where objects maintain their perceived identities, despite being partly hidden, viewed from unusual angles or altered in appearance even in changing conditions of illumination, distance, speed of travel etc.

See also

• Perceptual constancy
• Visual object processing

Key texts

Papers

• Lawson, R. & Humphreys, G. W. (1996). The neuropsychology of visual object constancy. In V. Walsh & J. Kulikowski (Eds.), Perceptual Constancies: Why Things Look As They Do. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Ellis, R., Allport, D. A., Humphreys, G. W. & Collis, J. (1989) Varieties of object constancy. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 41A. 775-796.
• Humphreys, G. W. & Quinlan, P. T. (1987) Normal and pathological processes in visual object constancy. In Humphreys, G. W. & Riddoch, M. J. (Eds.), Visual Object Processing: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach. London: Erlbaum.

Additional material

Papers

• Google Scholar
• Riddoch, M. J. & Humphreys, G. W. (1986) Neurological impairments of object constancy: The effects of orientation and size disparities. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 3, 207-224.
• Humphreys, G. W. & Riddoch, M. J. (1984) Routes to object constancy: Implications from neurological impairments of object constancy. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 36A, 385-415.

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